On Sat, 31 Mar 2018 16:16:24 -0700 (PDT), Sonny
wrote:

On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 1:37:48 PM UTC-5, dpb wrote:
On 3/31/2018 1:03 PM, Leon wrote:
...

And I always assumed it was to keep the wood from becoming a huge
potential fire hazard.

Mostly to keep from drying too rapidly and checking until get to the saw...

Yep, prevent checking and ....
Keeping the wood wet makes for easier sawing, as opposed to sawing dry wood. Some fungi doesn't grow well in/on saturated wood. Powder post beetles avoid wet wood.... probably some other bugs, also, like the carpenter bee.

OTOH, carpenter ants love the stuff.